Groundwater flow in a tidally influenced gravel beach in prince william sound, alaska

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 478-494

  Bobo, Adane M ^a   Khoury, Naji ^b   Li, Hailong ^a,c   Boufadel, Michel C ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Gravel beach; Groundwater; Heterogeneity; Permeability; Sutra; Tide; Variably saturated

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATED MODEL; FLOW OUT; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; GRAVEL BEACHES; HETEROGENEITY; INTERTIDAL ZONES; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND , ALASKA; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; SUTRA; TWO LAYERS; UPPER LAYER; VARIABLY-SATURATED; WATER TABLES;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; TIDES;

BEACHES;

BEACH; GRAIN SIZE; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WATER TABLE;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860162027     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000454     Document Type: Article

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